Anta opens flagship Edinburgh shop
ANTA, the Scottish textiles and ceramics company based in Tain, opened its flagship store on Edinburgh’s George Street today.
Intent on providing customers with an “experience”, the shop boasts room sets based on a series of previously designed homes by founder Annie Stewart.
The grand opening is hot on the heels of an exclusive invitation for Stewart to give a guest lecture at the world-renowned Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), a partner of Brown University, New York.
Speaking to both staff and students, she will share her entrepreneurial journey from artist to designer to manufacturer, to local and now international success in the textiles industry.
Annie and Lachlan Stewart opened the first Anta shop in Edinburgh’s High Street 20 years ago with the intention of providing the city with true contemporary Scottish design manufactured with love and care in the Scottish Highlands.
It has been an incredible journey since then and Anta continues to be a beacon for Scottish design around the world.
In 2011, Anta was chosen as one of a handful of British brands representing British style in Milan. They were selected after a buying team extensively trawled the UK market to find high quality, contemporary design, with Anta hand picked to feature in Excelsior department store, in Galleria del Corso, Milan.
Encouraged by this recent enthusiasm from mainland Europe and increased growth in 2011, Anta decided to concentrate on positioning themselves as the number one homeware and fashion accessory company from Scotland.
Excited about the new flagship shop, Annie says: “It is an incredible space and provides the perfect architecture to show our collections in both classical and contemporary settings.
“Scotland has a long and established reputation for producing high quality design and textiles and now Anta is taking the initiative to demonstrate how we combine tradition with contemporary style in our capital city.”
Anta’s other outlets include their showroom at the factory based at Fearn, near Tain, and an online shop www.anta.co.uk
